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#EE4E01

#ee4e01 ≈ Tangelo

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee4e01 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 30.59% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 67.23% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 19.49°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.86% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tangelo (#f94d00), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#ff6600
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Relative luminance0.2363

Complementary

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #01a1ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #01eec4
  3. #012bee

Analogous

  1. #ee012b
  2. #ee4e01
  3. #eec401

Triadic

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #01ee4e
  3. #4e01ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #a1ee01
  3. #01a1ee
  4. #4e01ee

Square

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #2bee01
  3. #01a1ee
  4. #c401ee

Monochromatic

  1. #561c00
  2. #a23501
  3. #ee4e01
  4. #fe7c3d
  5. #ffaf89

Shades

#ee4e01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #d64601
  3. #be3e01
  4. #a73701
  5. #8f2f01
  6. #772701
  7. #5f1f00
  8. #471700
  9. #301000
  10. #180800
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee4e01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #f0601a
  3. #f17134
  4. #f3834d
  5. #f59567
  6. #f7a780
  7. #f8b899
  8. #facab3
  9. #fcdccc
  10. #fdede6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee4e01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee4e01
  2. #e3530e
  3. #d8581a
  4. #cd5d27
  5. #c26234
  6. #b76741
  7. #ac6c4d
  8. #a1715a
  9. #967667
  10. #8b7b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b97369 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e6f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a69300 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0d43 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b66300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c77d00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd3334 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee4e01 {
  color: #ee4e01;
}
Background
.bg-ee4e01 {
  background-color: #ee4e01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee4e01 {
  border: 2px solid #ee4e01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee4e01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 78 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 99% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee4e01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee4e01, #eec401);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee4e01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 78 1 / 0.35);
}

#f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 2.01 #ec5800 Persimmon ΔE 2.49 #e25822 Flame ΔE 2.87 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 3.18 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 3.22 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.31 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 5.83 #11b1fe Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Tangelo
#ee4e01  rgb(238, 78, 1)  hsl(19, 99%, 47%)  Tangelo
#01a1ee  rgb(1, 161, 238)  hsl(199, 99%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#01ee4e  rgb(1, 238, 78)  hsl(139, 99%, 47%)  Malachite
#4e01ee  rgb(78, 1, 238)  hsl(259, 99%, 47%)  Ultramarine